Jun
26
Meetings that stay on task, on target, and on time are not the stuff of legend or fantasy.
30-minute meetings can be a reality. Click here for more information
Also, Jan O’Neill has a great article on the 30-minute meeting. Search for the link and read all about it.
Jun
16
Watching the Weather Channel tonight, I saw a sea of red across the U.S. indicating hot, hot, HOT temps. Definitely not sweater-weather! The only layers I want to see are in my curriculum, specifically in a layered-approach curriculum.
Layered Curriculum Unit Example: (scroll to page 10) Click here.
For a link to one teacher’s practical implementation of a layered curriculum. Click here.
For a blank document form for you to use to create your own layered curriculum units. Click here
The layered curriculum concept is the original work of Kathy Nunley. For her website click here.
Jun
12
Session Journal Prompt: Viewing, interpreting, and using data will help me….
Jun
11
The kids need you and the web keeps marching on…not to worry, 4OOPS’ EduTech news Feed has these top stories of interest to educators:
June 11, 2008 From Education Week: Teachers Achieving ‘Highly Qualified’ Status on the Rise
June 5, 2008 From Science Daily: Gaze aversion helps educators understand the educational progress of students.
June 5, 2008 From Edweek: States Notch Slow, Steady Progress Toward Consistent Graduation Goals
June From Scott MacLoad’s blog: “…they continue to think about using data from a compliance mindset rather than using data for meaningful school improvement.”
May From eSchoolnews: Researchers Identify Key Ed-tech Trends
Jun
10
“Rubrics make the students’ lives much easier, but once written, they make the teacher’s life easier, too,” says Dr. Lena Nuccio-Lee, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at the University of New Orleans. See the complete story here. Technology tools online also enable us to customize assessment for student groups. Does Timmy need to concentrate on writing complete sentences? Does Simone struggle with spelling? Has you been working with Stan on word attack skills? Insert specific criteria into your rubric to help individual learners.
How-to Resource: How to Write a Rubric
Technology Rubric Resources:
Landmark Project:
RubiStar
Rubrics for Projects:
PBL Checklists:
Rubric Links:
Teach-nology:
Jun
3
The kids need you and the web keeps marching on…not to worry, 4OOPS’ EduTech news Feed has these top stories of interest to educators:
May 29 From Edutopia: Readers’s Reveal Education’s Best http://www.edutopia.org/readers-survey-2008
May 29 From ASCD Maryland school first in state to attain 100% proficiency
Every third- and fourth-grader at one Maryland elementary school passed the state’s standardized math and reading tests last year, the first full-sized school to do so. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/27/AR2008052703151.html
May 20 From ASCD Will proposed federal funding shift threaten career tech programs?
A recent Bush administration proposal could redirect billions in federal funding intended for high-school career and technical education into NCLB mandate. The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
May 21: From Freakanomics: The largest traceable correlation between a child’s ability in school and his home life are the number of books a family has in their home. Quoted in http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/21/olpc-20-a-striking-ebook-and-a-step-in-the-right-direction/
May 21: David Cook, the new American Idol wins by 12 million votes, over million votes cast
This compares to 126 million who voted in the 2004 election www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p20-556.pdf and 111 million in the 2000 election www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/p20-542.pdf
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